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Yes and it is basically an expected standard these days I am surprised this question is even asked most browsers will not even allow you to view a website without valid SSL in place unless you specifically click you are happy to continue with this issue raised.

Exact match is fine, as long as you don't over do it. Best practise is to vary anchor text and anchor text types. So some links are exact match, some are close variants, some are just branded, some are mixed brand and keyword, some are naked urls, etc.

Yes it still works I think the biggest thing for me is ensuring you have a balanced backlink profile though. As you stated if all your backlinks are built using the same type of anchor text then you will run into trouble fast. If you have a lot of links from the same IP or sites linked by other...

SEMRush keyword magic tool is a good one to use. Free option is to go through your search console for ideas as well.

Local TLDs do help target specific countries however with so many ranking factors it is not the be all and end all but overall would make ranking the domain easier.

To be honest without backlinks you have no chance of ranking for high competition searches, unless you have already built up a high enough DA that is. Yes you can target low competition searches and hope to build naturally but depending what you site is for and what it is targeting that just...

PPC stats do not directly count towards any SEO efforts. However keep in mind if you have a successful PPC campaign on the go you will also have more people then looking for your brand name on any future searches and compound type searches which will improve your SEO efforts. For example you...

This depends on what site you are building, you need to ask yourself is the site adding anything useful to the internet? Are you just making another website that does and says the same as hundreds or thousands of other websites already do? Are you bringing a new service/product to the internet...

From what I have read on your original post and in replies this is my take on the matter. Using different websites to target different products/services using the same brand is fine to an extent, however you need to keep in mind what you gain from the site being more targeted you lose out in...

Your 10 backlinks are nothing to worry about at worst they won't be helping you. You only get penalties for excessive links within a poor backlink profile for example you have a lot of links from known PBN's, you have targeted the same anchor text too much, you have a lot of inbound links from...

Depends what we are talking here in terms of a consultation, if you are solely seeking advise so you can do the work yourself. Why should a company tell you how to do the work for free yourself based on the work they have done? An that goes for any trade, would you ask a car mechanic how to fix...

Yes it can certainly be done it all depends on what ecommerce plugin you are using with Wordpress though.

Who knows what the future holds but people have been saying SEO is dead for the last 20yrs link building is dead for the last 20yrs. However here we are still optimising sites and still building links we have just had to change the methods used as times change. No getting away from the fact any...

Yes you can learn SEO even without a technical background, however I think a basic understanding of building websites, HTML, CSS and Javascript is essential if you ever want to truly be good at SEO or you are not covering all aspects of SEO. I originally was a mechanic, I decided I wanted to...

Backlinks and lots of new content regular are the ways to increase indexing. Also ensure you website performs well in regards to speed and useability. Ensure your sitemaps are working correctly and updated correctly.